Two new species and additional records of Pseudopsis Newman from China (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Pseudopsinae)
Author
Yin, Zi-Wei
text
Journal of Natural History
2021
2021-07-30
55
15 - 16
933
951
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1925768
journal article
10.1080/00222933.2021.1925768
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Pseudopsis
(
Pseudopsis
)
gonggaensis
Zerche, 1998
(
Figures 2
,
3
(c,d), 10(h))
Pseudopsis
(
Pseudopsis
)
gansuensis
Zerche, 1998: 360
.
Type
locality
China
,
Sichuan
, Gongga Shan, above Camp 3, 2050 m
.
Figure 4.
Pseudopsis pengi
sp. nov.
(a) Dorsal habitus; (b) head and pronotum; (c) right elytron. Scale bars: a, b = 0.5 mm; c = 0.3 mm.
Material examined
(11 exx.)
6
♂♂
,
3
♀♀
, ‘
China
:
Sichuan
,
Luding Co
., Hailuogou
N. R.
, alt.
2800–3000 m
, 23–24,
vii.2006
, J
.-Y
. Hu & L. Tang leg
., 四川省泸定县海螺沟自然保护区’;
1
♂
,
1
♀
, same collection data as the preceding specimens except ‘
3000 m
,
21
.vii
.2006’.
Figure 5.
Pseudopsis serrata
sp. nov.
(a) Dorsal habitus; (b) head and pronotum; (c) right elytron. Scale bars: a, b = 0.5 mm; c = 0.3 mm.
Distribution
China
:
Sichuan
(
Figure 10
(h)).
Remarks
Pseudopsis gonggaensis
is a member of the
P. sulcata
complex, based on external morphology (
Figure 2
). For now, this species is known only from the
type
locality at Hailuogou Nature Reserve (
Zerche 1998
). Four of the seven available males were dissected to check the genital structures (
Figure 3
(c,d)). This species can be readily characterised by the longitudinal row of large triangular spines lying along the left side of the endophallus. The epipleural carinae of the elytra are visible in the posterior half in dorsal view.